New pieces link fish puzzle
New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some of the oldest fish that lived on Earth more than 400 million years […]
Palaeontology
1m-year-old ‘lost world’ discovered
Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa’s North Island, the first time a large […]
Ancient case of microbial death
A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of animal disease in a Late Carboniferous […]
Nut-cracker performance by bettongs
Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus – but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food […]
Little wallaby the ‘first true roo’
Flinders University fossil experts have unearthed more clues about why kangaroos and wallabies have endured to become one of the continent’s most prolific marsupial groups. They […]
Teens enjoy fossil tour of discovery
In the eery, dark depths of an Australian cave, high school students are learning first-hand about thousands of years of incredible natural history. With help from […]
Ancient roo’s link to New Guinea
Around the world, kangaroos and wallabies are well-recognised symbols of Australia but a new discovery highlights the deeply linked environmental identities of Australia and New Guinea. […]
‘Mighty’ jaws of Gogo fossil fish
Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of mammals – including new research into the […]
NZ bird life echoes Australia
New research reveals that distant relatives of the Australian magpie once lived in Aotearoa New Zealand 19 million years ago. Magpies were introduced from Australia in […]